THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles
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Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
*Sandstone Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina burrungandjii (=walloyarrina) |
NT, WA |
*Cann's Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina canni (was novaeguineae canni) |
NT, Qld |
Broad-Shelled River Turtle |
Chelodina expansa |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
*Kutchling's Long-necked Turtle (see Northern Long-Necked Turtle ) |
Chelodina kutchlingi (no longer valid = synonymised with Chelodina oblonga) |
WA |
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Long-necked Tortoise |
*Chelodina longicollis |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
*Oblong Turtle or Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle |
Chelodina colliei (previously known as oblonga) |
WA |
*Northern Long-Necked Turtle (status uncertain) |
Chelodina rugosa rugosa (previously known as oblonga. Also note C. oblonga was previously used for C. colliei ) |
NT?, WA? |
*Snake-Necked Turtle |
Chelodina rugosa intergularis |
NT,Qld?,WA? (Distribution to be confirmed) |
*Siebenrock’s Snake-Necked Turtle (status uncertain) |
Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki |
Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands Qld?, (Distribution to be confirmed) |
Flat-Shelled Turtle |
*Chelodina steindachneri |
WA |
New Guinea Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina novaeguineae |
NT, Qld |
Southern Snapping Turtle or White-throated Snapping Turtle |
Elseya albagula |
Qld |
Northern Snapping Turtle |
Elseya dentata (=jukesi) |
NT, Qld, WA |
Yellow-headed Snapping Turtle |
Elseya irwini (=stirlingi) |
Qld |
Gulf Snapping Turtle |
Elseya lavarackorum |
NT, Qld |
Mary River Turtle |
Elusor macrurus |
Qld |
*Cooper Creek Turtle |
Emydura emmotti |
SA, Qld (Lake Eyre Basin) |
*Hunter River Turtle |
Emydura gunabarra |
NSW (Hunter River) |
*Macquarie Turtle or Common Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura macquarii |
NSW, ACT, SA, Vic |
*Krefft's River Turtle |
Emydura krefftii krefftii |
( Central coastal Qld) |
*Brisbane Short-necked Turtle or Brisbane River Turtle |
Emydura krefftii signata |
Qld (SE Qld ), NE NSW? |
*Krefft's River Turtle |
Emydura krefftii sp |
( NE Qld) |
*Fraser Island Short-neck Turtle |
Emydura krefftii nigra |
Qld (Fraser Island) |
Jardine River Turtle or Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa |
Qld, New Guinea |
Worrell's Short-Necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa worrelli |
NT, Qld |
Northern Yellow-faced Turtle |
Emydura tanybaraga |
NT, Qld |
Northern Red-faced Turtle and North-West Red-Faced Turtle |
Emydura victoriae (= Emydura australis) |
NT, WA |
*Manning River Helmeted Turtle or Purvis' Turtle |
Flaviemys (was Myuchelys, Wollumbinia & Elseya) purvisi |
(Manning River area) NSW |
Western Swamp Turtle |
Pseudemydura umbrina |
WA |
Fitzroy River Turtle |
Rheodytes leukops |
Qld |
*Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) bellii |
NSW |
*Bellinger River Snapping Turtle or Georges' Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) georgesi |
NSW (Bellinger River) |
*Saw-Shelled Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) |
NSW, NT, Qld |
PIG NOSED TURTLES
Family:Carettochelydidae
Common Name |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution
|
Pig Nosed or Pitted-Shelled Turtle |
Carettochelys insculpta |
NT, (New Guinea) |
Common Name |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution
|
Pacific Loggerhead Turtle |
Caretta caretta gigas |
(All States) |
Pacific Green Turtle |
Chelonia mydas japonica |
(All States) |
Hawksbill Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa |
(NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic) |
Pacific Ridley Turtle |
Lepidochelys olivacea |
(NT, Qld?, WA, Vic, SA?) |
Flatback Turtle |
Chelonia depressa |
(NSW, NT, Qld, WA) |
Leathery or Luth Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
(All States) |
Common Name |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution
|
Leathery or Luth Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
(All States) |
Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
|
Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
* Red-eared Slider - INTRODUCED |
Trachemys scripta elegans |
ACT?, NSW, Qld (From USA, introduced into many countries) |
* Western Pond Turtle - INTRODUCED |
Actinemys (was Clemmys) marmorata |
NSW (Sydney Area) (From USA) |
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Distribution
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*Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle - INTRODUCED - protected by the CITES and IUCN |
Mauremys sinensis |
Toowomba area Qld (native to South East Asia) - (this species may not be breeding in the wild in Australia) |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
|
SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
 
 
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